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Samuel Jackson Reid Letters, 1901-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.4 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of letters written by Samuel Jackson Reid (Princeton Class of 1906) to his mother, father, brother, and sister from 1901, the year before he entered Princeton, to his death in August, 1918, on a battlefield in France.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Princeton University Library Collection of John Davidson Materials, 1879-1945 (inclusive) 1890-1909 (bulk)

Extent:

4 boxes and 1.4 linear feet

Abstract:

John Davidson was a late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Scottish poet hailed for his provincial, melancholy body of work. This collection contains letters, manuscripts, reports, galley proofs with Davidson's holograph corrections, documents, and clippings pertaining to his literary career.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Drake Bros. Studio Photograph Collection, 1863-1969 (inclusive)

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5 boxes and 4.5 linear feet

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Consists of photographs (and related material) by June D. Drake, which provides a visual record of Silverton, Oregon, and surrounding areas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Georges Braive World War I Photographs of the Macedonian Front, 1917-1918 (inclusive)

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3 boxes and 1.2 linear feet

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Consists of over 1,000 military and ethnographic photographs of the Macedonian Front of World War I taken by French architect Georges Braive (1884-1963) during his service as a lieutenant commander of the Armée d'Orient's "Section sanitaire automobile 27."

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Selected Correspondence of Margaret Randall, 1977-1999 (inclusive)

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6 boxes, 2 items, and 2.4 linear feet

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The Selected Correspondence of Margaret Randall consists of letters exchanged between the American Marxist, poet, editor, author Margaret Randall, and many Latin American poets, writers, journalists, editors, and friends. Also included are subject files, articles, and printed matter relating to Cuba and Nicaragua. Randall was born in New York, but spent most of her adult life in Latin America. In 1961 she moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Mexico, then to Cuba in 1969, and from there to Nicaragua in 1980, returning to Albuquerque in 1984.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Gilbert Chinard Papers, 1911-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:

20 boxes

Abstract:

Gilbert Chinard was a Franco-American scholar who taught at Princeton University and was affiliated with the Institut Français de Washington. The organization, established in 1926 to promote the study of French civilization and culture, endeavors to recognize the French influence in North American culture. The collection houses documents and letters concerning the Institution and an autograph manuscript of James Dunn Hufman's translation of Andre Lasseray's Les Français Sous Les Trieze Etoiles.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Jackson Mathews Collection of Sylvia Beach, 1921-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box, 2 items, and 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Consists of letters and other material related to Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), the American proprietress of the Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company, collected by Jackson Mathews (1907?-1978).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Andrews Circulating Library and Booksellers Correspondence, 1822-1852 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 box and 0.4 linear feet

Abstract:

Andrews Circulating Library and Booksellers was a bookstore, publisher, and subscription library in London in the early to mid-19th century. Consists of an archive of 113 original notes and letters largely composed by British aristocrats or their personal secretaries and addressed to Messrs. Andrews, Booksellers, at 167 New Bond Street, requesting or returning books from the circulating library. The collection contains single letters addressed to Mr. Lodge, Mr. Rooke, and Messrs. Harding. The correspondence also includes requests for stationery, music, and the purchase of new books.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Princeton University Library Collection of Sir Walter Besant Correspondence, 1876-1901 (inclusive)

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2 boxes and .8 linear feet

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Consists primarily of incoming and outgoing letters of English novelist and historian Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Marquis James Collection on Alfred I. DuPont, 1901-1941 (inclusive)

Extent:

3 boxes and 1.3 linear feet

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Consists of the manuscript and assorted materials written and assembled by the American journalist and author Marquis James (1891-1955) for his biography Alfred I. DuPont, The Family Rebel (1941).

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]